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date Fri, 14 May 2021 15:51:20 +0000
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1 Using fc-simint and fc-simtool to manipulate SIM cards inside Calypso devices
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4 Starting with fc-host-tools-r15, our FreeCalypso host tools package includes a
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5 new utility called fc-simint that works together with fc-simtool and other SIM
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6 card manipulation tools maintained in the separate FC SIM tools package.
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8 fc-simint is not a standalone program - instead it is a front end to the
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9 hardware-agnostic fc-simtool main program. Therefore, fc-simint cannot be used
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10 unless you install FC SIM tools (fc-simtool and its accessories) on the same
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11 host machine where you are going to run fc-simint. As of this writing, our FC
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12 SIM tools package has not yet reached the stage of first tarball release, hence
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13 you will need to get it from the Hg repository:
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15 https://www.freecalypso.org/hg/fc-sim-tools/
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17 FC SIM tools can be used by themselves (without FC host tools) if the objective
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18 is to operate on a SIM card using a dedicated smart card reader/programmer
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19 device. However, if the SIM card to be operated on sits inside a Calypso phone
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20 or development board and you would like to poke at it without physically moving
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21 it back and forth between that Calypso device and another card reader, then
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22 fc-simint from the present package and fc-simtool from FC SIM tools work
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23 together to accomplish this feat.
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25 Once you have both FC host tools and FC SIM tools fully and properly installed,
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26 you are ready to run fc-simint. fc-simint works in exactly the same manner as
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27 fc-loadtool (operates on the Calypso device, in this case the SIM interface
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28 rather than the flash, while the regular firmware is shut down), and it needs
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29 to be invoked in exactly the same way: simply change fc-loadtool to fc-simint.
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30 Some examples:
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32 SIM card in a Mot C139/140 phone: fc-simint -h compal -c 1004 /dev/ttyUSBx
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33 SIM card in a Pirelli DP-L10 phone: fc-simint -h pirelli /dev/ttyUSBx
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34 SIM card in a FreeCalypso board: fc-simint -h fcfam /dev/ttyUSBx
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36 If your USB-serial chip and the associated Linux kernel driver support
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37 non-standard high baud rates, you can add a -B812500 option to the above command
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38 lines to speed up the UART communication between fc-simint/fc-simtool on your
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39 host machine and simagent on the Calypso. This speed-up option should always be
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40 safe with Pirelli DP-L10 and with FreeCalypso hardware (official FT2232x adapter
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41 boards), but the headset jack serial cables used with Mot C1xx phones are more
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42 iffy.
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44 The phone's regular firmware needs to be shut down, and you need to execute the
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45 Calypso device's boot path. (For very advanced users, target boot control
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46 options work exactly the same way as in fc-loadtool.) fc-simint will feed
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47 simagent.srec to the Calypso boot ROM, simagent will run on the Calypso device,
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48 and then fc-simint will command simagent to bring up the SIM interface.
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49 fc-simint will retrieve the SIM card's ATR from simagent, it will turn on speed
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50 enhancement if the SIM supports it, and then all further control is passed to
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51 fc-simtool.
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53 Once the control is passed to fc-simtool, you will see a simtool> prompt -
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54 please refer to fc-simtool documentation in the FC SIM tools package for the
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55 available commands such as manipulating SIM PINs and phonebooks. Once you are
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56 done poking at the SIM card, type "exit" at the simtool> prompt - when operating
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57 in Calypso target mode, fc-simtool will issue a poweroff command to simagent
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58 just like fc-loadtool, causing most Calypso devices to power off cleanly, or
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59 causing the Pirelli DP-L10 phone to boot back into its regular firmware.
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61 Using fc-simtool batch mode via fc-simint
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62 =========================================
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64 If your fc-simint invokation line has any additional arguments after the
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65 /dev/ttyXXX Calypso target pathname, these arguments are passed to fc-simtool,
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66 causing it to operate in its batch mode instead of the default interactive
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67 shell. However, given the logistics of operating on a Calypso device with its
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68 regular firmware shut down, this batch mode of operation is expected to be
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69 useful only in very unusual scenarios.
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71 Using fc-uicc-tool
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72 ==================
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74 There are two main tools in the FC SIM tools package: fc-simtool speaks the
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75 classic GSM 11.11 SIM protocol to the card, whereas fc-uicc-tool speaks the
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76 "enemy" UICC protocol. All currently existing Calypso phone and modem firmwares
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77 (both our own FreeCalypso and historical proprietary ones) speak only the
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78 classic GSM 11.11 SIM protocol, hence if you are using a given SIM in a Calypso
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79 phone or modem board, the expectation is that the card needs to support the
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80 classic GSM SIM application. For this reason, fc-simtool is the tool of primary
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81 interest in this mode of usage, and it is the tool which fc-simint invokes by
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82 default. In contrast, fc-uicc-tool is meant to be used primarily in lab
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83 exploration settings, with the card under investigation inserted into a
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84 dedicated smart card reader/programmer, not involving Calypso GSM devices or
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85 fc-simint.
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86
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87 However, if you have a special contrived use case where you would like to run
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88 fc-uicc-tool on a SIM card that sits in a Calypso phone or other GSM device, you
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89 can do so by adding a -T uicc option to your fc-simint invokation line. This
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90 option will make fc-simint pass the control to fc-uicc-tool instead of
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91 fc-simtool.
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92
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93 Other fc-simint options
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94 =======================
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95
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96 fc-simint supports all command line options documented in the Loadtools-usage
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97 article that are relevant to its operation. There are just two more options
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98 that haven't been documented already:
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99
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100 -n
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101
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102 This option suppresses SIM speed enhancement. By default fc-simint
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103 looks at the ATR TA1 byte to see if the SIM supports F=512 D=8 speed
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104 enhancement (the only speed enhancement mode endorsed by the original
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105 GSM SIM specs and supported by Calypso hardware), and requests this
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106 speed enhancement mode if it is supported. -n option suppresses the
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107 latter action, forcing the default slow speed mode (F=372 D=1)
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108 regardless of ATR-indicated SIM capabilities.
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109
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110 -v volt
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111
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112 The volt argument needs to be "1.8" or "3.0" ("3" is also accepted as an
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113 alias for 3.0), selecting the voltage mode in which the SIM should be
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114 powered up. 3.0 V mode (not 3.3 V!) is class B per the specs, 1.8 V
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115 mode is class C. Class A is 5.0 V, but the Iota ABB chip in our Calypso
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116 target devices (the chip responsible for SIM voltage supply and level
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117 shifting) is new enough to not support that original class any more.
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118 In the absence of a -v option, fc-simint currently uses 3.0 V mode by
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119 default.